Dr. Nirav Shah

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  February 7, 2023
  

  U.S. legislators invite prominent Mainers to State of the Union address

  Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation and Dr. Nirav D. Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control will be guests of Rep. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree.

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  January 23, 2023
  

  Dr. Nirav Shah makes his final rounds in Maine

  For perhaps the final time as the state's CDC director, Shah answered questions about the pandemic and health topics on the 'MaineCalling' public radio show.

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  August 18, 2022
  

  CDC head reflects on pandemic response at Freeport forum

  Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah and global health expert Kara Palamountain discussed the current state of the pandemic and other public health topics at a Freeport talk Wednesday evening.

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  August 1, 2022
  

  Second case of monkeypox reported in Maine

  CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah expects more cases but doesn't see a major cause for alarm because of how the disease is transmitted.

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  March 31, 2022
  

  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement

  The college's commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.

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  February 28, 2022
  

  Shah: Maine health officials working to manage COVID-19 so it is no longer a crisis

  Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, tells Waterville Rotary Club 'we're not going to eliminate COVID' and 'it is going to be a fact of all of our lives.'

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  January 24, 2022
  

  Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases

  Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.

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  January 7, 2022
  

  Bill Nemitz: Dr. Shah to the unvaccinated: It’s time we talked

  Rather than condemn those who eschew COVID-19 shots, a Maine Public call-in show this week welcomed them with open arms.

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  October 31, 2021
  

  Bill Nemitz: Halloween – the perfect antidote to a pandemic

  This year, Mainers have earned the right to enjoy a candy bar – or three.

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  August 26, 2021
  

  Our View: Losing patience with Maine’s COVID surge

  Even the usually reassuring Dr. Nirav Shah is telling us that things are bad and are going to get worse.